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Reactions to all this have been swift and angry. The Daily Telegraph editorialized that the book constitutes "a failure of ecclesiastical statesmanship" that will confuse faithful Christians. The semiofficial Church Times dismissed the anthology as "a notably unconvincing contribution to the cause of unbelief." The Archbishop of Canterbury was heard to remark at a picnic that the book "has made more hubbub than it is worth"; in that spirit, he successfully prevented debate over it at last month's meeting of the church General Synod...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Was Jesus Merely Man? | 8/15/1977 | See Source »

...both principle and pragmatism. The recovery of Western Europe and Japan, the creation of peacetime alliances, the shaping of the global trade and monetary system, the economic advance of newer and poorer nations, the measures to control the nuclear arms race−these constitute an enduring record of American statesmanship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bicentennial Essay: America & the World: Principle & Pragmatism | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

...Bunny Vote. On foreign policy, Dole stoutly defended Republican policies and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a villain to the G.O.P. right wing and a man Carter has criticized for his "Lone Ranger" brand of statesmanship. Mondale argued vaguely for a more open foreign policy consistent with American democratic principles. He dragged in Ford's blooper about Eastern Europe's being free of Soviet domination. It was, he said, "probably one of the most outrageous statements made by a President in recent political history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RUNNING MATES: Slugfest in a Houston Alley | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

Among Sadlowski's biggest targets is the Experimental Negotiating Agreement, signed in 1973 by the U.S.W. and the steel companies and first applied to an actual contract in 1974. The agreement was hailed as a model of labor statesmanship because it combined flexibility on wages and benefits with a prohibition against strikes. The three-year contract now in effect, for example, gave the workers large increases the first year, guaranteed smaller raises the second and third years and allowed the union to reopen to press for more. But it provided that disputes over wages and benefits be settled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNIONS: Steeling for a Critical Battle | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

...Leroy has displayed a kind of statesmanship about the matter," he said, and added, "I hope as educators we first and foremost respond as learners and learn from this...

Author: By Nicole Seligman, | Title: Martinez Retracts Allegations Of Racism Behind His Ouster | 5/7/1976 | See Source »

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